Quantitative estimations of foveal and extra-foveal retinal circuitry in humans

Vision Research

Volumn 39, Issue 18, 1999, Pages 2987-2998

  Sjöstrand, Johan ^a   Olsson, Viktoria ^a   Popovic, Zoran ^a   Conradi, Nils ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cell separation; Cones; Displaced amacrine cells; Ganglion cell topography; Resolution; Retinal cells; Retinal circuitry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; FEMALE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE CELL; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR DENSITY; RETINA; RETINA AMACRINE CELL;

CELL COUNT; CONES (RETINA); FOVEA CENTRALIS; HUMANS; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; RODS (RETINA); SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 0344258189     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(99)00030-9     Document Type: Article

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